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New Year's Resolution---start planning now!
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Laura Hand
Posted: 11.27.2010 at 12:02 PM
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Laura Hand anchors CNY Central's Weekend Today in Central New York.
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Step-by-step to success
Making a resolution?
Here's how to make it successful.
Thanksgiving weekend may seem early to be talking about New Years, a but if you're looking to make--and keep--a resolution, it's time to get working.
Dr. Rich O'Neill, Psychologist at SUNY Upstate, says change is alway harder and takes longer than we expect, or plan for.
There are several stages, he says, before we succeed in making something new an automatic part of our lives.
Step 1: Decide what YOU (not your family or friends) want to change, and know the benefit versus the 'cost'
Step 2: Prepare. Start now making sure you have the resources, including mental backup, for when your hit bumps.
Step 3: Rehearse. What will get you through the moments of choice, including when someone tries to convince you to break the resolution with 'just one' drink, smoke, unhealthy food, etc. Do you know what to say?
Step 4: Plan B. Have a specific plan to manage the pitfalls you've seen before if you've tried the resolution and did not succeed.
Why did you fail? How will you avoid it this time?
p.s. You don't have to wait til New Year's to get started!
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